Since I've set my buffer for WUs for 5 days, I have quite a few GPU-WUs left and I hope that my production will not dropp too much. We should be able to defend our position since most crunchers do not change their buffer settings in the BOINC-manager and that setting does not create a large enough buffer for a 5-day race.
I feel , because I should have proposed to all TeAm-racers to set their buffers high enough ...

Setting a large cache-size doesn't help due to WCG having a max task-in-progress of only 400 tasks/GPU.

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400 tasks/GPU = (at 10 minutes/task) 4000 minutes crunching time = 66,6 hours of crunching = 2.78 days of crunching.
That is more than the default set in BOINC, which is 0.5 days of crunching. If each task takes longer, then you have more time ... I have two GPUs/computer (=800 tasks) and I have still not run dry of GPU-WUs ...

Thus setting a large cache helps - not for the full 5 days, but more than the default.

As you all can see those who have set the default cache have dropped quite a lot in their production.
How else do you explain the decrease in production of by 30 - 60%?
biodoc, Neurodog and petrusbroder either had sufficient WUs in the cache or did not use GPUs ...

If you've got a fast GPU, you can use app_info.xml and run multiple HCC-tasks on a single GPU, this can utilize GPU more fully and can therefore greatly increase production even if you runs fewer CPU-tasks.

Taking a look on the result-log, was actually averaging 1462 HCC per day during the race until ran-out of work, meaning 400 tasks was only 6.6 hours. This on an Amd-HD7950 running at 900 MHz (default overclocked).

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If you've got a fast GPU, you can use app_info.xml and run multiple HCC-tasks on a single GPU, this can utilize GPU more fully and can therefore greatly increase production even if you runs fewer CPU-tasks.

Taking a look on the result-log, was actually averaging 1462 HCC per day during the race until ran-out of work, meaning 400 tasks was only 6.6 hours. This on an Amd-HD7950 running at 900 MHz (default overclocked).

Cool, so I can wind down one of my extra WCG crunchers for now? Trying to save a little on the electric bill.

Edit: Not really planning on participating in the F@H race. Kinda got bored with F@H.

I'm actually going to wind down all but two of my BOINC crunchers, my A6-3670K doing WCG/HCC (my HTPC, keeps my bedroom warm in winter), and my E-350, which is doing Correlizer.

Going to let my G630 idle too, maybe.

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